Critical Note on the Surface Resistance
Coefficient in the Atmospheric Flow over the
Ocean
著者
TAKAHASHI Tadao
雑誌名
鹿児島大学水産学部紀要=Memoirs of Faculty of
Fisheries Kagoshima University
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CriticalNoteontheSurfaceResistanceCoefficient intheAtmosphericFIowovertheOcean TadaoTAKAHAsHI 65 1.Introduction ltisawellknownfactthatthewindovertheseaiscomparativelystron‐ gerthanoverland,asexplainedbythesmallnessofthefrictionaldragover thesea・MoreoverthisfacthasafamiliarsynOpticsignificancethattheincli-nationangle(α)ofthewindtotheisobarsovertheseaissmallerthanthat overland、 AssumingF=一kVforthefrictionalforce(k,coefficientoffriction;V,
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8 . 0 〃 7 . 7 〃 Inean Series●● ﹃ロ’一︽函一垂︼ 70 ●●● ヘベニ︾○如一一声畦二︾ Mem・FF1c・Fish・KagoshimaUniv・vol、4, upperportionoftheskinlayer,shownbytheavailabledataobservedatnear coast,maybemuchmodifiedbytheneighbouringlandconditionwithoutrepre‐ sentingthetrueconditionovertheOpensea,whiletheconditionofthelower portionindicatesthetrueconditionovertheopensea・Inthisviewpoint,reject‐ ingthetoohighvaluesofだ(20‐33×10-4)obtainedfromtheupperprofiles oftheskinlayer,andassumingthatvonKarmanノsformulaisavailableup tothetopoftheskinlayer,thewriterfixesthevalue泥=8×10-4,whichis comparablewiththevalueobtainedfromthepilotballoonobservationsover theopensea・ Acknowledgement………Thisauthorwishestoexpresshisheartythanksto Dr.T・Namekawa,ProfessorofKyotoUniversity,、forhisencouragementand helpfuladvicethroughoutthecourseofthiswork. References ノ C、M,GuldbergandH・Mohn,1876:EtudessurlesMouvementsdeL'atInosphdre. G、1.Taylor,1916:SkinFrictionontheEarth'sSurf旬ces,Proc,Roy・SOC.Lon.A, vol、92. ,.Brunt,1939:PhysicalandDynamicalMeteorology. W、N・Shaw,1931:ManualofMeteorology,CambridgeUniv・Press. R、C、Sutcliffe,1936:SurfaceResistanceinAtmosphricFlow,Quart.J・Roy・Met・ SOC.,vol、62. P.A・Sheppard,H・Charnock,andJ.R、D・Francis,1952:ObservationsoftheWesterlies overtheSea,Quart.』・Roy、Met・SOC.,vol、78,no、338. P.A・Shepp可rdandM.H・Omar,1952:TheWindStressovertheOceanfromObse‐ rvationsintheTrades,Ibid. C、G・RossbyandR.B・Montgomery,1935:TheLayerofFrictionalInfluenceinWind andOceanCurrents,PapersinPhys・Oceanog・andMet.,vol、3,no、3. C、G・Rossby,1936:OntheFrictionalForcebetweenAirandWaterandontheOCC‐ urrenceofaLaminarBoundaryLayernexttotheSurfnceoftheSea,Papersin Phys・Oceanog・andMet.,vol、4,no、3. H・Lettau,1950:ARe−examinationofthe〃LeipzigWindProfile〃consideringSome RelationsbetweenWindandTurbulenceintheFrictionalLayer,Tellus,vol、2,no、2. 9 . 10. 6. 7. 8 .